2英譯版本：LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Charles Perrault

"Grandmother, what big arms you have!"
"All the better to hug you with, my dear."
"Grandmother, what big legs you have!"
"All the better to run with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big ears you have!"
"All the better to hear with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see with, my child."
"Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!"
"All the better to eat you up with."
--from LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Charles Perrault


"Puss in Boots," "Blue Beard," "Tom Thumb," and other beloved fairy tale classics, as set down by the man who first rescued them from the oral tradition in the 17th century. Contains six color plates and 30 black-and-white illustrations. READ an excerpt here: http://knopfdoubleday.com/…/little-red-riding-hood-and-oth…/

Charles Perrault, the "father of the fairy tale," was born on this day in 1628.

"She said to her, 'Grandmother, what great arms you have!'
'That's to embrace you the better, my child.'
'Grandmother, what great legs you have!'
'That's to run the better, my child.'
'Grandmother, what great ears you have!'
'That's to hear the better, my child.'
'Grandmother, what great teeth you have!'
'That's for to eat you.'
And upon saying these words, this naughty Wolf threw himself upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her."
--from LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD